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Showing posts with label Great Plains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Plains. Show all posts
Sunday, December 11, 2022

As Democrats turn away from Iowa, some in party see ways to get more rural votes: show up, be humble, value work

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Chart shows examples of Third Way analysis that found "most Democratic candidates improved on President Biden's 2020 performance i...
Friday, February 11, 2022

From a weekly in the Texas Panhandle, and close to the Okla. Panhandle, a blend of weather news and photo art

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Republished with permission of  The Canadian Record , Canadian, Texas; for a larger version, click on it.
Saturday, August 03, 2019

New generation of entrepreneurs emerges in Great Plains

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Can “energy combined with business and social media savvy” seen in a new kind of young agribusiness entrepreneur help reverse the populatio...
Monday, July 30, 2018

Proposal for what would be largest U.S. wind farm, already under construction, is dealt a potentially fatal blow

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The Texas Public Utility Commission last week unanimously rejected a proposal for American Electric Power Co. to supply its customers wit...
Monday, November 13, 2017

Water levels keep dropping in massive Ogallala Aquifer, hitting rural areas the hardest

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Michigan State University map ; click on the image to enlarge it. Overuse of groundwater is dangerously depleting the High Plains Aqui...
Tuesday, September 05, 2017

Summit discusses possible solutions to growing problem of wild-horse overpopulation in West

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Wild horses play near Reno, Nevada. ( Reno Gazette-Journal photo by Andy Barron) At a summit on Aug. 22-24, officials said that "...
Friday, July 28, 2017

AEP plans to eventually own Okla. wind farm that will be nation's largest; trend in power industry

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Two Oklahoma subsidiaries of American Electric Power Co . are betting $4.5 billion on a project to pipe energy from — and eventually buy — ...
Friday, December 11, 2015

Overpumping is draining the nation's aquifers; water levels down 64% in past two decades

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Decreasing groundwater levels are depleting the nation's aquifers, draining farmers of much needed water and leading to increased costs ...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Ogallala Aquifer quickly running dry for Western Kansas farmers, ranchers

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Farmers and ranchers in the Great Plains are pumping water faster from the Ogallala Aquifer—which covers 174,000 square miles in eight sta...
Monday, December 23, 2013

Demand for corn threatening milkweed, and thus the monarch butterfly, which lives off the plant

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Scientists and conservationists in the Great Plains are leading a crusade to save milkweed, and in turn, the monarch butterfly, which l...
Friday, June 07, 2013

Farmers are using subsidies meant to conserve water to use even more water

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The U.S. government has given billions of dollars in subsidies to help farmers buy better irrigation systems to conserve water. But new s...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Texas Panhandle papers combine to survive, but competition continues

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In the Texas Panhandle, the population is sparse, and in some counties getting sparser. That's bad news for the newspapers in the are...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Farmland prices fall in parts of Midwest, Southeast; price rises in Central Plains slow down

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The rise of agricultural land prices in the U.S. farm belt slowed considerably or even reversed in the first quarter of the year. Non-irr...
Thursday, May 02, 2013

Wind energy boosts economy, jobs in Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, other rural areas

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A new study concludes that wind energy production can lead to higher incomes and more local jobs, especially for rural residents, reports t...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Great Plains employment rises, reversing trend

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Great Plains states have seen a remarkable turnaround in employment, and are one of the few rural areas in the country experiencing growth,...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Price of farmland keeps rising; more fear a crash

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The price of farmland, specifically in the Corn Belt, Northern Plains and Great Lakes states, keeps going up, and has more people worried t...
Friday, April 19, 2013

Experts differ on role of climate change in drought

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A new study says climate change had nothing to do with the drought of 2012, but some experts disagree with the assessment. The study by the...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Underground water levels in high plains shrinking

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Threatened by another summer of crop-shriveling drought, Kansans have agreed to across-the-board cuts in water use. In the 100 square-mile “...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Country's middle becoming hotspot for start-up technology companies

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A technology scene is growing in the middle of the country, with dozens of new ventures starting every year, investors committing hundred...
Friday, November 09, 2012

Drought persists in Plains, stunting winter wheat

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Though drought in the Midwest seems to be easing, drought in the Great Plains continues to deepen, according to the most recent U.S. Departm...